National Regional Profile: Central (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 535   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
2 099
1 783
1 586
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.3
5.3
4.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
7 071
6 975
7 337
7 066
-
Taxable individualsno.
23 311
23 552
24 224
24 752
-
Taxable income$m
824.0
875.5
944.1
1 020.1
-
Average taxable income$
35 349
37 173
38 972
41 213
-
Net tax$m
178.2
195.1
212.6
232.0
-
Average net tax$
7 645
8 283
8 775
9 374
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.6
22.3
22.5
22.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
19 751
19 773
20 352
20 754
-
Wage and salary income $m
616.6
645.9
703.2
757.7
-
Total income $m
648.8
677.4
740.1
799.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 216
32 667
34 550
36 508
-
Average total income$
32 850
34 258
36 366
38 527
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.2
54.7
54.6
54.0
-
Females%
44.8
45.3
45.4
46.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.2
19.3
18.9
19.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.9
23.1
22.5
21.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.4
25.1
24.9
24.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.1
21.7
22.2
22.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.4
10.9
11.5
12.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.1
6.9
6.8
-
Professionals%
-
14.3
14.2
14.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.0
7.2
7.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.0
12.2
12.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.2
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.6
14.6
15.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
12.4
12.2
12.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.5
9.6
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.6
14.0
14.0
-
Not Stated%
-
7.2
7.0
6.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
5 067
4 963
4 407
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
179.1
201.4
157.6
-
-
Total income$m
183.8
196.9
168.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 353
40 575
35 753
-
-
Average total income$
36 283
39 671
38 151
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 717
3 555
3 183
3 234
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 188
1 281
1 419
1 497
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 041
1 179
1 245
1 212
Total businessesno.
-
5 946
6 015
5 847
5 943
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
567
510
492
Employing businessesno.
-
-
219
273
336
Total business entriesno.
-
-
786
783
828
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
741
882
522
Employing businessesno.
-
-
72
51
312
Total business exitsno.
-
-
813
933
834
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year